After reporting the dungeon, which I found was honestly unnecessary but whatever, we decided to spend the rest of the night in the Dwarf Country. We moved back to Aquamarine's home where we meet once more with my beloved twins- not the dwarf twins those old men aren't my beloved children.
"Big sis! Aunties! Uncle!" Takeshi ran towards us the moment he spotted us, as he quickly hugged me tightly. I petted his head happily.
"How have you been, Takeshi? Did you behave well today?" I wondered.
"I did! We went to a plaza with Grandma Aquamarine… It was really fun; we ate ice cream and other sweets!" Takeshi waved his tail around happily.
"Yeah it was pretty fun." Laura added. "But I would prefer if you could bring us with you next time, Auntie… We want to help too! We have not grown stronger nor trained this entire time for nothing."
"I guess you guys really want to come… But there's a policy against children working in this country, so it would look weird if we brought you with us. Also Helga and the other dwarfs would disapprove of it." I said.
"Eeeeh? But that's boring!" Takeshi angrily said.
"Is there no way for us to join in the dungeon? We are strong!" Laura said.
Helga and the other dwarves were currently with us as they were invited by me to have dinner in here with Aquamarine and the other three old dwarves. They were talking with one another about it.
"Well, it is not like younglings can't go fight monsters or train to grow stronger, usually they join special schools for children." Said Helga. "If you register them in one, you can get a provisional pass to let them explore a dungeon with their parents."
"Oh, so that's a thing… Ugh, what a pain. Can't I just put them inside my shadows and infiltrate them with us?" I wondered.
"W-Well, I guess that's a thing you can do." Helga said. "But I feel weird if we don't do this legally… I guess you guys are not accustomed to following rules and other things as you got your own town and all… But it wouldn't sit right for the rest of us."
"I guess that you have a point there. As the guild master of our guild, I should take your word of advice." I said half-jokingly.
"Hmm, it's not like its hard to register them in a school, we can get that done easily tomorrow morning. With my help we can get them some provisional Dungeon and Minin Passes." Said Aquamarine.
"Thanks, we'll do that then." I said.
"Hmm, we are getting more and more involved in this country. I suppose it is quite complex in structure compared to other parts." Said Lucifer.
"You're damn right, I kind of like it though." I said with a nod.
"I wonder if they'll have to attend the school as well…" Emeraldine said.
"School… Can I go to school too? Is it fun?" Wondered Partner.
"I am fairly sure it is not fun!" I sighed. "Also no, there's no point in wasting time going to a school for no reason."
"Will the kids have to go to classes?" Wondered Lucifer.
"Nah, it is optional." Said Aquamarine. "There might be a strength test if they want a pass earlier too, so they better be prepared."
"Okay, we will!" Takeshi cheered.
"Me too!" Laura agreed.
After that, we had a very fancy dinner. When things finished, Helga and the dwarves took everything I had saved in my Inventory that they mined and went back home. However, with Emeraldine we decided to stay up until late, as we wanted to inspect everything I mined in detail. I had put most things over a large table in our room, and Emeraldine was having a field day inspecting every ore.
Once again, this was everything I mined:
[Category: Ores/Stones/Jewels]
[Common Black Stone (F Grade)] x723
[Gray Iron Ore (E Grade)] x128
[Yellow Bronze (E Grade)] x132
[Flare Ruby (D Grade)] x33
[Gumstone (E Grade)] x82
[White Glowing Stone (F Grade)] x21
[Wind Emerald (D Grade)] x29
[Earth Topaz (D Grade)] x25
[Furnace Stone (E Grade)] x11
[Turtle Shell Stone (D Grade)] x16
[White Silver Ore (A Grade)] x5
[Magical Gold Ore (B Grade)] x3
[Rainbow Crystal (C Grade)] x1
"Gray Iron Ore and Yellow Bronze can be used as good materials for weapons! But if you want something of higher quality, Magical Gold and White Silver are much better." Emeraldine said, grabbing both ores. Partner and Lucifer were looking at the ores as well.
"Wow, so many shiny jewels!" Partner suddenly grabbed a Flare Ruby, as she mistakenly infused Mana into it, making flames emerge out of the jewel.
Partner almost fell over her own butt but I caught her in time with my shadows, grabbing the Ruby before it were to create a fire in the entire house.
"Be more careful, these jewels are all magical, if you put mana into them, they'll unleash an element." I told her, petting her head.
"Wow, so that's how it is! I wonder if they could be useful at making weapons too… Wait, can we use them to upgrade my spear?" She wondered.
"Well yeah that's the original plan." I said. "I also want to upgrade my own weapons, the dropped weapons we got in the last dungeon were not near as strong as my Cursed Sword or the Axe I have. Although the spear I have is fairly strong."
"What do you think would be good materials to upgrade Partner's spear, Emeraldine?" I wondered.
"Huh…" Emeraldine looked at the ores. "I am not really an expert when it comes to ores, as I am better as an alchemist, but as I said, the most expensive ones seem to work well. The rest might depend on her preferences."
"Forging and Smithing is certainly a complicated affair, none of us is good at it." Lucifer sighed.
"Well, that'll only be for a little while, I'll learn all those Skills as well!" I proclaimed.